Smoke Signals 3
JANUARY 1,2008
Tribal employees collect month's worth of food
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Rebellious weather failed to keep
the sun from shining on the food
bank at the Grand Ronde Com
munity Resource Center.
After an early fall when the cup
boards were almost bare, the com
munity, Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde and Spirit Mountain
Casino all stood up with significant
contributions.
For instance, the Tribal work
force's food drive nearly doubled
last year's donation.
With bins accepting food all over
the Tribal campus from Nov. 5
through Dec. 17, two fewer weeks
than last year, Tribal employees nev
ertheless brought in a combination of
food and cash equivalent to 17,268
nonperishable items of food. Last
year, Tribal employees donated the
equivalent of 10,071 food items.
The donation represents about
a month of the food bank's annual
needs, said Jolanda Catabay.
Catabay, who works in the Health
Clinic's business office, teamed
with fellow staffer Melody Baker
to start the employee food drive in
2005. This year, Catabay and Baker
passed coordination of the annual
project on to Genifer Grout, Shanna
Eide, Shannon Simi and Angella
McCallister.
"What they have done is unbeliev
able," Catabay said.
The Grand Ronde Community
Resource Center is serving more
than 200 families this season.
Uncounted among the numbers
are a few week's worth of Elders'
bake sales, shopping trips, large
cash donations and people gener
ally opening up their cupboards for
the effort.
Also uncounted are more than
200 casino employees, each given a
Christmas ham by the casino who
re-directed those hams to the local
food bank.
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A Grand Addition
Yamhill County Transit Area, is pleased to welcome Grand Ronde to our
service area. At YCTA, our mission is to provide convenient and efficient
service to travelers throughout Yamhill County. Much of Grand Ronde is
outside the YCTA area but the Grand Ronde Tribe receives transit funds from the
State and is using them to extend this service to the public in the Grand Ronde
community through a contract with YCTA. As a result, YCTA is making the
following changes to our West Valley and Salem routes.
Route changes
beginning December 3:
YCTA's Hwy 18 Link to the
West Valley will be extended to
Grand Ronde.
Amity will now be served by our
Salem Route and no longer be
serviced by the West Valley Route.
The Salem Route will no longer
travel Hwy 221 through Dayton.
Instead, the Salem Route will
travel Hwy 99W South from
McMinnville. Dayton passengers
are encouraged to use YCTA's
Highway 99W Link service.
Routes and Links
Whether for shopping, work or
play, Yamhill County Transit
is the best way to get where
you're going. YCTA provides
bus service for everyone in and
around Grand Ronde, Sheridan,
Willamina, McMinnville, Amity,
Carlton, Yamhill, Cove Orchard
and Newberg with Link Routes to
HillsboroMAX, SherwoodTriMet
and SalemSAMT.
Schedules, Maps & Fare
Information
Find out more at our website at
www.yctransitarea.org or call us at
503.474.4910 or 503.554.7897.
NEW Salem Route
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